[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Truth
Ashton-Kirk, after Burgess led the prisoners away, turned to a telephone and in a moment had the office.
"A gentleman will probably ask to see me in a little while; if so, send him here."
And as he turned toward Fuller, that young man said, in a dubious sort of way:
"What do you think of that story which the girl just now told? Can there be any truth in it?"
"It is all truth," said Ashton-Kirk, quietly.
"All truth!" Fuller opened his eyes to their widest extent. "Then you have made up your mind Warwick is the murderer."